H.B. No. 2700         AN ACT   relating to the issuance of childhood cancer awareness license   plates.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Section 504.655 to read as follows:          Sec. 504.655.  CHILDHOOD CANCER AWARENESS PLATES. (a) The   department shall issue specialty license plates to raise awareness   of childhood cancer. The department shall design the license   plates in consultation with an organization that seeks to raise   awareness of childhood cancer in this state.          (b)  After deduction of the department's administrative   costs, the remainder of the fee for issuance of the license plates   shall be deposited to the credit of an account created by the   comptroller in the manner provided by Section 504.6012(b).  Money   deposited to that account may be used by the General Land Office   only to provide grants to benefit organizations operating in this   state that raise awareness of, conduct research on, or provide   services for persons diagnosed with childhood cancer.          (c)  The General Land Office and an organization that   receives a grant under Subsection (b) may enter into a memorandum of   understanding establishing the respective duties of the General   Land Office and the organization in relation to carrying out the   purposes of that subsection.          (d)  Section 504.702 does not apply to a specialty license   plate issued under this section.          SECTION 2.  The General Land Office and an organization that   receives a grant under Section 504.655, Transportation Code, as   added by this Act, are not required to adopt a new memorandum of   understanding under that section if a previous memorandum of   understanding adopted by the General Land Office and the   organization accomplishes the purposes of that section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2700 was passed by the House on May 9,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2700 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2700 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays   0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor